Cedric "Im" Brooks (1943 – 3 May 2013) was a Jamaican saxophonist and flautist known for his solo recordings and as a member of The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, The Light of Saba, and The Skatalites.

Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd CD (Kingston, Jamaica, January 26, 1932 – May 5, 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. He received his nickname "Coxsone" at school: because of his teenage talent as a cricketer, his friends compared him to Alec Coxon, a member of the 1940s Yorkshire County Cricket Club team.

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'Influential Jamaica-born roots reggae musician and saxophone great Cedric 'Im' Brooks, who launched his career at age 11 at the Alpha Boys' Academy in Kingston and who achieved international acclaim as a solo artiste and as a member of the Skatalites band, will be honoured at the annual Groovin' In The Park concert on Sunday, June 30 at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, an executive for the fest-ival announced.

"Cedric ranked among the grea-test tenor saxophonists Jamaica has every produced and his death at age 70 has left a void that cannot be filled," Andrea Bullens, co-producer of Groovin' Inc, organisers of the festival, said.

Bullens, who was also a close friend of Brooks and who managed his business affairs prior to his death, said his legacy must be preserved.

"I am currently in dialogue with the Groovin' Inc executive team and I can say that we will honour his larger-than-life legacy in a very special way, befitting of his status in the industry. We will also be speaking with representatives here in the USA [United States] to seek congressional recognition, since Cedric contributed so much to our Caribbean-American musical legacy here in the diaspora. Brooks was a master at his craft and we must honour and recognise this true Jamaican musical talent," she noted.

Brooks, who was admitted as a patient at Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York in February 2010, remained in a semi-comatose state at a Nursing Home in Queens until he passed away on May 2.

His involvement in the development of Jamaican music spans more than 50 years, during which time he contributed his sound to many of Jamaica's best known artistes, including The Wailers, The Heptones and Burning Spear.

Early in his career he was a regular studio musician for Clement 'Sir Coxson' Dodd's Studio One label, playing with fellow jazz musicians Ernest Ranglin, Jackie Mittoo, Roland Alphonso, and Vin Gordon.

Their various Studio One-backed tracks have been versioned repeatedly and form the very backbone of the island's musical heritage.

Brooks teamed with Nyahbinghi drummer and band leader Count Ossie for two groundbreaking albums that fused Rasta drumming with jazz overtones: Grounation and Tales of Mozambique.

He toured regularly with the Skatalites band but was also the founder of his own band called the Divine Light (later called The Light of Saba).' - from The Gleaner, 8th May 2013

Father Festus Coxsone founded the Sir Coxsone sound with Lloydie in 1966. This classic picture from the early 1980s shows Festus doing what he does with fellow selector Blacker Dread behind (on left with spliff) and the great DJ Bikey Dread with the mic

Mr Swingeasy and I took turns to interview Festus before the show for a Sir Coxsone Special that is in the making!

'Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd CD (Kingston, Jamaica, January 26, 1932 – May 5, 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. He received his nickname "Coxsone" at school: because of his teenage talent as a cricketer, his friends compared him to Alec Coxon, a member of the 1940s Yorkshire County Cricket Club team. Dodd used to play records to the customers in his parents' shop. During a spell in the American South he became familiar with the rhythm and blues music popular there at the time. In 1954, back in Jamaica, he set up the Downbeat Sound System, being the owner of an amplifier, a turntable, and some US records, which he would import from New Orleans and Miami. With the success of his sound system, and in a competitive environment, Dodd would make trips through the US looking for new tunes to attract the Jamaican public. Dodd opened five different sound systems, each playing every night. To run his sound systems, Dodd appointed people such as Lee "Scratch" Perry, who was Dodd's right hand man during his early career, U-Roy and Prince Buster.' - wikipedia

Coxsone and Bob on Bob's Wedding day in February 1966. Coxsone funded the wedding.

The Wailers- Bunny, Bob and Peter looking a little like The Impressions

Linval Roy Carter (3 September 1951 – 11 September 2013), 'better known as Prince Jazzbo, was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay and producer.

Born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Linval Roy Carter (who would become known professionally as Prince Jazzbo) began recording with Coxsone Dodd's Studio One label in the early 1970s under the name Prince Jazzbo. He went on to work on his own releases with Bunny Lee, producing as well in collaboration with many artists as a vocalist and producer for labels including his own, Ujama. The recording Super Ape featured Jazzbo toasting on "Croaking Lizard". Jazzbo and fellow toaster I-Roy had a well reported, but friendly and mutually beneficial on-record clash during 1975, including the cuts "Straight to Jazzbo's Head" from I-Roy and the retort, "Straight to I-Roy's Head" from Prince Jazzbo. Prince Jazzbo's early work with Clement "Coxsone" Dodd at Studio One produced several hits in 1972-1974 including: "School", "Fool For Love" and "I Imperial". His first hit in 1972 with Coxsone though was a version of Horace Andy's "Skylarking", which he re-worked as "Crabwalking". He ran the Ujama record label for many years.

Carter died on 11 September 2013, aged 62, after a battle with lung cancer.' - wikipedia